Screencap from webcam  Liz, LK forum
Estonian text posted 26.05.2019

Male Karl  feeding three stork chicks this morning

Black stork              Must-toonekurg               Ciconia nigra

The elimination of the youngest stork chick from the nest by the female was actually only a matter of time.

Video recorded by Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee
Translation Liis
Estonian text posted 22.05.2019

Black stork        Must-toonekurg        Ciconia nigra

 

In the video male Karl II arrives at the nest to feed the chicks. Both adults have ensured that  all chicks are properly fed – with young stork chicks it is still easy.

The three older chicks are a week old today. The youngest and smallest was hatched two days later and the difference in size is visible to the eye..

Photo Arne Ader

Tawny owl chick ( www.loodusemees.ee )

The hope remains that the only one to come out from the nest trunk will stay healthy.

Tawny owl        Kodukakk            Strix aluco

A sad sight for watchers but so too nest life may turn out in nature despite our best wishes.

We don’t know  the cause of death of the last two chicks. It seems possible  that a disease or parasites attacked them. We promise to share the information when any explanation is available .

Mobile phone  video and image by Olle Koert, www.tt.ee

Pine marten          Metsnugis             Martes martes

Olle drove to the nest after the pine marten’s attack and caught images of the movements of the robber although he had to search for the mobile phone very fast in his pocket – a useful occasion for a mobile in fact.

Video recorded by  Aita, LK forum
Estonian text posted 20.05.2019

Starling     Kuldnokk         Sturnus vulgaris

 

When it rains, it pours …

Half an hour before noon a hairy paw reached for the starling chicks. Since it is a rather secluded spot the ”robber” could well be a pine marten.

The starling adults were courageous in defending their chicks but against the mammal their power and self-sacrificing attacks were sadly not enough …